Community

Living in community and not in isolation is something that is very close to my heart. I am part of Kerith Community Church, quite a large church by today's standards I guess. Although community is in the title sometimes it can seem difficult to feel part of that community because of its size. To deal with this we are encouraged to be part of a small group of some kind whether that's a life group (a small group of people who generally meet during the week in someones home), or a serving group within the church. At the moment I'm part of our wonderful worship team and in particular my band, 'The Sound Professors'.

Last Sunday we did community in a very real, practical way, blessing us as a family, our neighbours and hopefully the band felt blessed by being a blessing as well.

It was a beautiful sunny day and Wayne and I hosted a barbecue for our band and the tech guys (those are the important people who make us sound good!!!). Wayne and I have been working on our front garden over the last 3 weeks, transforming it from a garden with grass (mainly weeds and moss actually) to becoming a pebbled beech like affair!!! We had got as far as removing the grass, levelling off the ground and putting the weed suppressent down. The 4 tons of pebbles had been delivered and were awaiting distribution on the drive. So instead of it taking Wayne and I another 3 weeks to transfer the pebbles from the four large bags onto the what was grassed area, 'The Sound Professors' helped us out, and in around half an hour the front lawn was transformed!!!!!!

To make the experience complete we also managed to help our neighbour out with his section. We heard him starting to move the pebbles and he was very happily stunned when those of us who were still around came out to help him cover his side with pebbles too. True Community and a true blessing.

Next time it might be an idea to do a spontaneous gig as well what do you think guys!!????!!